Place Value Activities, Games, & Resources
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Make teaching place value fun and interactive with this collection of free printable place value games, activities, and teaching resources.
Place Value Activities and Games
Zero Place Value Puzzles
Practice your place value skills with these zero puzzles from Naoki Inaba. Add zeros to the end of some of the digit cards in order to form a true equation.
Make a Million Place Value Game
Students will need to understand place value in order to have a chance at winning this Make a Million Game. You will need a 10-sided die to play this game along with a game board template for each student.
Manifest Game for Practicing Place Value
Students must use their knowledge of place value when deciding where to place their 1-9 cards in this Manifest Game from Frank Tapson.
My students love to play this game again and again!
Base Ten Building Challenge
Tara Daas shares a base ten building challenge that she does with her students. She sets out a set of base ten blocks and a post-it note with a challenge such as “Build a cool figure with a volume of 652 units^2.”
DIY Base 10 Manipulatives
Is a classroom set of base ten blocks not in your school’s budget? Lauren Bohm shares how to use sheets of plastic canvas to create your own base ten manipulatives.
Place Value Posters
Give your students a visual reminder of place value with this set of free printable place value posters.
Puzzle Solutions
Puzzle solutions are available on a password-protected solution page. I do not openly post the puzzle answer keys because one of my goals as a resource creator is to craft learning experiences for students that are non-google-able. I want teachers to be able to use these puzzles in their classrooms without the solutions being found easily on the Internet.
Please email me at sarah@mathequalslove.net for the password to the answer key database featuring all of my printable puzzles and math worksheets. I frequently have students emailing me for the answer key, so please specify in your email what school you teach at and what subjects you teach. If you do not provide these details, I will not be able to send you the password.
Not a teacher? Go ahead and send me an email as well. Just let me know what you are using the puzzles for. I am continually in awe of how many people are using these puzzles with scouting groups, with senior adults battling dementia, or as fun activities in their workplace. Just give me enough details so I know you are not a student looking for answers to the puzzle that was assigned as their homework!
